2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

2010 United Kingdom general election[1]

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All 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout63.8%, Increase3.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Gordon Brown Nick Clegg
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 24 June 2007 18 December 2007
Last election 41 seats, 39.5% 11 seats, 22.6%
Seats before 41 11
Seats won 41 11
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,035,528 465,471
Percentage 42.0% 18.9%
Swing Increase2.5% Decrease3.7%
UK seats 258 57

  Third party Fourth party
  David Cameron
Leader Alex Salmond David Cameron
Party SNP Conservative
Leader since 3 September 2004 6 December 2005
Last election 6 seats, 17.7% 1 seat, 15.8%
Seats before 6 1
Seats won 6 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 491,386 412,855
Percentage 19.9% 16.7%
Swing Increase2.2% Increase0.9%
UK seats 6 306

Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2010 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested. The election result in Scotland was unusual in that there wasn't any change of seats from the 2005 general election, although the Labour Party took back two seats that it had lost in by-elections. This was the last general election at which the Labour Party won a majority of seats and plurality of votes in Scotland until 2024.